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Alright the $150.00 deal I found on Craigslist went through today,I found the ad late yesterday and the seller gave me 1st shot at the little project machine,he said he had about 15 to 18 emails and I got through to him 1st and everything worked out-(Cash in hand,get to his house before
10 AM today)
It has bad board damage-(Corroded Battery),the General Illumination works,everything appears to be intact-I will be going over it and removing the main board after this post.I am thrilled to have a little manageable project for $150.00,I'm very detail oriented and this little guy will be working at some point,I'm sure I'll put more into it than street value,but that's how I roll.It's mine now and it will get the executive treatment.
I have never actually seen one or paid much attention to these cute little guys before the last week or so,as they have made it to the front page of this forum with that other thread
"How much would you pay for an old cocktail pin"
I blame Mr68 for contributing to this purchase-more like I Thank him for his write up regarding these often forgotten little brothers to our beloved arcade style machines.

Oh yeah,The main features are:
4-Rollover Targets
3-Slingshots
3-Drop Targets
2-Pop Bumpers
1-Spinner Target
1-Kick-out Hole
This little machine has pretty many features packed into a small playfield,
It is a 1979-Solid State Machine,Built by a company called;Game Plan-Elk Grove Village,IL.

Gameplan games are great, but batteries really do a number ot the MPU. There's a waiting list for the next batch of repro MPU boards that you might want to hop onto. Google Jim at Echo Lake pinball, I bought one and it works perfect.

Thx. for the comments-
---catboxer-I found out about Jim at Echo Lake,I have a call into him,thats great to hear about your experience with his board.
The ONLY thing that works is the General Illumination and the Cooling fan,Very loud buzz from the speaker.
----catboxer if you know much about these Game Plan machines-Anything,Parts availability,etc. email me if you are willing to help out.Thanks Alot-Kirk in Colorado
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---Mr68-After that EM I sold to you for $20.00 a couple years ago,this one might go for $10.00 after I put $500.00 into it,and then decide I don't like it.

OK short update on this project I bought 3 wks. ago.I got the General Illumination working (fuse and a damaged wire)Started to clean things up and posted a couple parts wanted ads,with a little response-(1 guy I am buying some used parts from),have also started to fabricate a couple parts and bought some from Marco Specialties that looked close to what I will need.
Tonight or tomorrow-most likely I need to start taking apart and cleaning the 3 bank drop target assembly and replacing coil sleeves,also waiting on a new main power board that is being made by Jim of Echo Lake Pinball in Ohio. HS_II_Hi_Score_+_Star_Trip_GI_005.JPG

Good for you Kirk. I'm glad to hear you're progressing along.
Hey, check out this picture I've attached. John Popadiuk is starting a pinball school and he posted this on his web page. I thought of you immediately when I saw it.

Mr68,Real cool pic you attached,the same machine and everything.
How was your Super Bowl/Pinball party?
My surgery is this Tuesday so I am trying to pour it on with what I can do to this cocktail pin and playing my 2 machines till surgery OR I finish completely tearing my Biceps tendon-whichever comes first.

OK-Dealing with a machine that is over 30 yrs. old and the company (Game Plan) has been out of business for over 25 years,with that being said,
The latest word on this project pin is I received the used parts from a great guy in Canada (I bought and had them shipped to Colorado)-Let's call him Rick-he saw my plea for help that I posted over at RGP-came to find out he is also a member of Pinside but didn't realize it till recently.It was basically a complete playfield that he tore apart and sold me all the various parts-top and bottom.He had a junked out Game Plan cocktail pin-it was named Vegas and shared a bunch of parts that my cocktail pin uses.
It looks like I now have most of the various small parts I need to keep this project rolling forward.
I need to start rebuilding and cleaning EVERY mechanism and component under the playfield,
hopefully this weekend I will get a big portion of that accomplished.
Then I am waiting on a new MPU board that is being made by Jim in Ohio,He owns,Echo Lake Pinball Service & Sales in Hinckley,Ohio
So in keeping with a Pinside tradition-Pics or it didn't happen,here is a pic of my new/used parts.

v8torino, How about an update on the project even though the thread is a bit old? I just love these Star Trip cocktail pins. I just got mine out of a 4 year storage a few days ago and it fired right up! I have the main board made by Jim at Echo Lake also as when I bought mine it had no main board at all. His boards are great. It even kept the hi-score memory after 4 years and it doesn't use any batteries!

I do have a quick question though. It the photo you posted showing the General Illumination it looks like you are using LEDs. I'm looking at doing my Star Trip fully with LEDs and would like to know what you used. Brand, type, color etc. With only 50 LED's to do the entire playfield (GI and inserts) it's not too expensive so I want to do them all.

Any info you can provide would be a great help and I look forward to an update and more pics!

Not familiar with Star Trip or Carribean Cruise but I have owned and enjoyed playing cocktail pinball machines. I prefer getting them with the add on bottom booster platform. Otherwise my knees set at the wrong height.

I think they are great for a last pin to squeeze into a collection. Since its a table/pinball combo if/when I find a Star Trip I plan on building my own cabinet, really don't like the crappy luan/vinyl fake wood panels as well I think the height needs to be adjustable.

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